.jpg)
by Adam Edwards, 26/05/2013
Like many others, I was late to the Marvel Avengers game. I had no interest when the original two Iron Man films were released. However, after a quick catch up before the release of 2012's Avengers Assemble, the third film of the Iron Man trilogy was much anticipated.
With Robert Downey Junior back to his best and the addition of the fantastic Ben Kingsley, the film completes the trilogy perfectly and even challenges the other two for the best film in the series.
Emotional and hilarious.
Best Bits: The Mandarin, Suits a plenty.
Worst Bits: Plot holes and "why didn't he just do that?"s
Rating: A strong 8.8/10
For fans of - The Avengers series, Sherlock Holmes.
--------------
By Daniel Bradley, 05/07/2013
I absolutely loved this film. I'm not going to lie to you guys. I didn't want to know anything about the length in case it gave anything away, I wanted to watch the next Marvel classic, coming off the success of Avengers. I was not disappointed.
The Extremis arc is a good one, but Tony was originally supposed to have a solid drinking problem - this came out in the second movie, and had dried up by Avengers. Indeed, the way the writers got round this was masterful. No spoilers here, but keep an eye on a vulnerable Tony and appreciate how they've made him that way. With the success of Iron Man in the playground, it's best not to have a roll model drug addict on our screens.
One of the reasons the first film was so successful was the man alone with his intellect set up. He used his mind to get out of the scrapes he was in, and I believe they returned to that initial recipe for this film, stripping Tony from the suit when he needed one most. This is what the second was lacking, I think… it was just suit versus suit with no real peril for the man… this is more real, and we get to see him on a personal level.
Best Bits: Plot reveal, Man alone syndrome, Ruffalo.
Worst Bits: Extremis a little too hard to believe.
Rating: 8.5/10
